Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 8, 2009

Last week, we helped out our friends at Visible Government with their Beers for Canada campaign. In the end, the campaign raised just over $1,000 in two days; donations will help open government data to citizens and promote transparency in public offices. We had links to the Visible Government website, and generated enquiries there.

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Fast Company Tech

APRIL 13, 2025

Imagine Reddit with no critical comments or TikTok stripped of political satire. Conversely, some states may seek to limit moderation efforts to preserve free speech, creating conflicting obligations for platforms that operate nationally. Daryl Lim is a professor of law and associate dean for research and innovation at Penn State.

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Fast Company Tech

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

After its authenticity was questioned, one member of the Republican National Committee continued to call it a photo and said she didnt care about its backstory. The picture tugged at heartstrings, but was also weaponized in attacks on the Biden administrations response to the disaster. She might not, but we should.

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Fast Company Tech

FEBRUARY 18, 2025

Elon Musks aggressive push to cut government spending reached new heights on Valentines Day, as employees across more than two dozen federal government departments were abruptly fired on Valentines Daywith those let go warning it could impact how the government operates. It was a dream job for him. Jack is far from alone.

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Fast Company Tech

FEBRUARY 24, 2025

If you’re wondering about what it is: The so-called economic blackout is a nationwide boycott set to take place on Friday, asking all Americans not to buy anything for 24 hours to combat skyrocketing prices across the nation and corporate greed. a dozen in the Midwest and $8.85 in California, according to commodities data from Expana ).

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Mashable Tech

MARCH 8, 2025

It's called out Apple for allegedly blocking Proton VPN security updates after the United Nations recommended that people in Myanmar use Proton Mail to report crimes during the country's 2021 coup. VPN service aside, the company's record certainly reflects those goals. It's raised money for privacy activists in Hong Kong.

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The Verge

JULY 7, 2020

This trend has only accelerated since the Black Lives Matters protests swept the nation last month — which, among other things, led to the first-ever virtual Facebook walkout a few weeks later. Governing. ? It could help state and local governments know when it’s safe to roll back shelter-in-place restrictions.

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Engadget

APRIL 1, 2025

A number of interested buyers have come forward, including YouTuber MrBeast, Reddit cofounder Alexis Ohanian and Perplexity AI. Oracle, which almost bought TikTok in 2020 and was a key part of TikToks earlier negotiations to address national security concerns, is also in the running.

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The Verge

SEPTEMBER 4, 2020

I’m also worried that with our nation so divided and election results potentially taking days or even weeks to be finalized, there could be an increased risk of civil unrest across the country.”. Governing. ? He continued: “This election is not going to be business as usual. Between March 1 and Aug. Megan Graham / CNBC).

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The Verge

JULY 15, 2020

Of even greater concern, though, is the speed and scale at which the attack unfolded — and the national security concerns it raises, which are profound. The National Weather Service in Lincoln, IL, for example, had just tweeted a tornado warning before suddenly going dark. Governing. ? And at press time, we don’t know.

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The Verge

JUNE 11, 2020

In this year’s Verge Tech Survey , a national poll found that 72 percent of respondents believe Facebook has too much power, and 56 percent said the government should break up tech companies if they control too much of the economy. Governing. ? Reddit named Y Combinator CEO Michael Seibel to its board of directors.

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The Verge

JULY 14, 2020

At the root of this concern is that no matter what ByteDance says about TikTok’s independence from Chinese governance, ultimately it must do whatever the country’s brutal, repressive authoritarian regime demands. I think Reddit is the strongest argument against decentralization solving it all. Governing. ? What sort of data?

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The Verge

JUNE 10, 2020

Today felt like an unusual lull in the intersection of our many unfolding national and global crises, and so I thought I’d take the opportunity to write about something different — a subject that, despite all my best efforts, I keep getting crushingly wrong. Governing. ? Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge.

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The Verge

JUNE 9, 2020

A company that has done this with some success is Reddit, which sets a “floor” of speech rules (no spam!) Six years ago, for example, Reddit’s laissez-faire attitude toward moderation led a lot of people to post stolen nude photos on the site without the subjects’ consent. Reddit issued such a statement last week.

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The Verge

AUGUST 20, 2020

The group has been linked to more than a dozen violent incidents over the last year, including a train hijacking ; last month, a QAnon supporter rammed a car into a government residence in Canada. We have seen Reddit ignore its most racist forums until they spun out into thriving standalone communities. Governing. ?

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The Verge

JULY 1, 2020

It was just a few days ago that I wrote this column about how the Boogaloo movement — a loose-knit collection of anti-government types, some of whom are agitating for a second civil war — had hijacked social networks to spread. Reddit bans The_Donald. Facebook bans a violent Boogaloo network. And what’s the best path to get there?”.

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The Verge

JUNE 30, 2020

It was a big news day for bans: Twitch temporarily banned Donald Trump , Reddit banned The_Donald , YouTube banned a group of far-right creators , and India banned TikTok. Is that why so many of its decisions around content moderation suddenly feel like national emergencies? Governing. ? Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales.

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The Verge

MAY 29, 2020

Republicans who recently warned of a “government takeover of the internet” are now staging one in reverse — trying to turn the internet into the government. Social media giants including Twitter, Facebook, and Reddit have long sold a vision of themselves as exalted public squares.

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The Verge

AUGUST 28, 2020

We are confident that a Walmart and Microsoft partnership would meet both the expectations of US TikTok users while satisfying the concerns of US government regulators.”. Governing. ? Multiple threads on Facebook and Reddit encouraged militiamen to head to Kenosha, Washington, ostensibly to protect local businesses from protesters.

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The Verge

MAY 14, 2020

And local governments are planning for much longer periods of lockdown. Governing. ? The Department of Homeland Security and the FBI are blaming hackers linked with the Chinese government for attempting to steal US research into a coronavirus vaccine. Reported cases in Illinois: 83,168. Data from The New York Times.

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Fast Company Tech

APRIL 2, 2025

Last week, Trump said he would consider a reduction in tariffs on China if that countrys government approves a sale of TikToks operations in the U.S. Other potential bidders include a consortium organized by billionaire businessman Frank McCourt, which recently recruited Reddit cofounder Alexis Ohanian as a strategic adviser.

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The Verge

MAY 28, 2020

Is it national unity? They found that affective polarization had increased faster in the United States than anywhere else — but that in several large, modernized nations with high internet usage, polarization was actually decreasing. Governing. ? A war has broken out on Reddit regarding how content is moderated.

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